Swot Analysis of Canada

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SWOT ANALYSIS OF CANADA
SRENGTHS:-
canadia bank
"canadia bank" will have a long-term positive impact on the this entity, which adds to its
value.
Surface
"Surface" will have a long-term positive impact on the this entity, which adds to its value. This
statements will have a short-term positive impact on this entity, which adds to its value.
Free Trade Policy
1. Opening vital new export markets for American goods and services. Free Trade Agreements
(FTAs) with Peru, Colombia, Panama and Korea will open large and growing markets for
American businesses, farmers, ranchers and workers – removing barriers to goods and services
exports, establishing secure and predictable legal frameworks and providing strong protections
for investment and intellectual property. South Korea is America’s 7th largest goods trading
partner and the world’s 13th largest economy. Taken together, Peru, Colombia and Panama
constitute our 3rd largest export market in Latin America.
2. Leveling the playing field for U.S. businesses, farmers, ranchers and workers. Today, the vast
majority of what the United States imports from Peru, Colombia and Panama already enters duty
free. FTAs will open these economies to American goods and services. Upon implementation,
more than 80 percent of U.S. exports to Peru, Colombia and Panama will enter duty-free
immediately. Free trade with Korea will provide unprecedented export opportunities for U.S.
businesses in services, manufacturing, and agriculture by eliminating tariffs, promoting greater
transparency and reducing non-tariff barriers.

Universal Health Care System
"In the Universal health care system, healthcare services, including free screening examinations
for particular diseases, prenatal care, and infectious disease control, are provided by national and
local governments. Payment for personal medical services is offered through a universal health
care insurance system that provides relative equality of access, with fees set by a government
committee. People without insurance through employers can participate in a national health
insurance program administered by local governments. Since 1973, all elderly persons have been
covered by government-sponsored insurance. Patients are free to select physicians or facilities of
their choice."
Source:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Japan
Agriculture Exports
Canada is also one of the world's largest suppliers of agricultural products,
particularly of wheat and other grains. Canada is a major exporter of agricultural products, to the
United States but also to Europe and East Asia. The excellent quality of Canadian hard wheat
(durum), the type of wheat used primarily in the making of pastas and semolina, is often noted.
Canada is by far the major exporter of this type of wheat, and its average annual exports amount
to nearly three million tonnes, or 48% of total world exports. Algeria and Italy have traditionally
been Canada’s two largest customers in this area, but demand from the United States has been
growing steadily since the early 1990s.
Sources:
http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/modules/prb98-2-grain/grainmarket-e.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Canada#Major_agricultural_products


Oil Reserves
"Canada is one of the few developed nations that is a net exporter of energy. Most important are
the large oil and gas resources centred in Alberta and the Northern Territories, but also present in
neighbouring British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The vast Athabasca Tar Sands give Canada
the world's second largest reserves of oil after Saudi Arabia according to USGS.
Petroleum production in Canada is a major industry which is important to the economy of North
America. Canada is the seventh largest oil producing country in the world. In 2008 it produced
an average of 438,000 cubic metres per day (2,750,000 bbl/d) of crude oil, crude bitumen and
natural gas condensate. Of that amount, 48% was conventional crude oil, 46% was bitumen from
oil sands, and 6% was condensate from natural gas wells. Most of Canadian petroleum
production, approximately 283,000 cubic metres per day (1,780,000 bbl/d), was exported, almost
all of it to the United States. Canada is the largest single source of oil imports into the United
States.
In Canada, bitumen is considered a sticky, tar-like form of crude oil which is so thick and heavy
that it must be heated or diluted before it will flow. Venezuela also has large amounts of oil in
the Orinoco oil sands, although the hydrocarbons trapped in them are more fluid than in Canada
and are usually called extra heavy oil. These oil sands resources are called unconventional oil to
distinguish them from oil which can be extracted using traditional oil well methods. Between
them, Canada and Venezuela contain an estimated 3.6 trillion barrels (570×10^9 m3) of bitumen
and extra-heavy oil, about twice the volume of the world's reserves of conventional oil."
Large oil reserves are a major benefit to any country, which can export those reserves for
additional money, which can go into improving the economy.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada


WEAKNESSES:-
housing bubble
"housing bubble" has a significant impact, so an analyst should put more weight
into it. "housing bubble" will have a long-term negative impact on this entity, which subtracts
from the entity's value.
Tar Sands Oil Reserves
Must of Canada's oil comes from the tar sands. Although this sources is
plentiful, it is also very dirty and expensive to extract. According to the Economist magazine,
"Canadian crude is dirty. Just over half the country's oil comes from tar sands, a mixture of
water, sand, clay and bitumen - an extremely dense and thick form of petroleum, which usually
must be melted before it can be extracted and refined. It takes up to four barrels of water to
generate one barrel of tarsands crude, and 20% of Canada's natural gas (a clean fuel) is used to
produce oil (a dirty one). Mining the sands also strips forest and creates vast ponds of toxic
byproducts. According to the America's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), producing
Canadian tar-sands oil generates 82% more greenhouse-gas emissions than does the average
barrel refined in the United States."
Source: Economist Magazine, August 7th 2010, Page 35, Tarred with the same brush … "Tar
Sands Oil Reserves" has a significant impact, so an analyst should put more weight into it.
OPPORTUNITIES:-
Instant Translation of Web Pages
The ability to translate web pages quickly and accurately may lead to a break down
in the language barriers that separate commerce and social interaction between countries.
Rapidly evolving technology is leading the way for computers that "learn" by analyzing
documents that have been translated by humans. The possibility of instantly translating a web
page, document or blogs may also become reality. Google is experimenting with a machine
based translation service and is able to covey the general idea of the text. The ability to instantly
and accurately translate written text from one language to another would greatly improve the
productivity of the world.
Source:
The Economist, March 6th 2010, Pg 65 … This qualitative factor will lead to a decrease in costs.
This statement will lead to an increase in profits for this entity.
THREATS:-
Generic Drug Cost in Canada
Although Canada negotiates for good prices on brand name drugs, the deals
they have in place for generic drugs is causing the price of health care to explode nation wide.
The Canadian government pays a fix fraction of the price for generics. This causes the price of
generic drugs to stay high, because the fractional price is too high. This issue is draining the
governments health care budgets. … This statement will lead to a decrease in profits.
Housing Reforms
An overvalued housing market is forcing Canada to add reforms that will slow
growth and cool the market. According to the Economist, Canada's finance minister "announced
rules that make it more expensive to buy an investment property, raise the financial bar that
mortgage borrowers must meet, and reduce the amount that existing homeowners can borrow
against equity in their home." The rules require homeowners to "stump up a deposit of 20%, not
the 5% minimum required for residential properties. Homeowners who refinance their mortgages
will be limited to taking out 90% of the equity in their property, down from 95% now."
A slowing housing market may help avoid some of the problems experienced by the
rest of the world, in terms of debt, but it may also hurt a recovering economy in Canada as
people slow their spending. … "Housing Reforms" has a significant impact, so an analyst should
put more weight into it.




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